A partial solar eclipse will occur at the Moon's descending node of orbit on Sunday, August 2, 2065, with a magnitude of 0.4903. A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun, thereby totally or partly obscuring the image of the Sun for a viewer on Earth. A partial solar eclipse occurs in the polar regions of the Earth when the center of the Moon's shadow misses the Earth.
This will be the third of four partial solar eclipses in 2065, with the others occurring on February 5, July 3, and December 27.
The partial solar eclipse will be visible for parts of eastern South Africa, southern Madagascar, and Antarctica.
Eclipse details Shown below are two tables displaying details about this particular solar eclipse. The first table outlines times at which the Moon's penumbra or umbra attains the specific parameter, and the second table describes various other parameters pertaining to this eclipse.
+August 2, 2065 Solar Eclipse Times Event Time (UTC) First Penumbral External Contact 2065 August 2 at 03:55:46.2 UTC Greatest Eclipse 2065 August 2 at 05:34:16.6 UTC Ecliptic Conjunction 2065 August 2 at 05:47:56.2 UTC Equatorial Conjunction 2065 August 2 at 06:29:36.9 UTC Last Penumbral External Contact 2065 August 2 at 07:12:19.3 UTC
+August 2, 2065 Solar Eclipse Parameters Parameter Value Eclipse Magnitude 0.49029 Eclipse Obscuration 0.37827 Gamma −1.27584 Sun Right Ascension 08h51m52.4s Sun Declination +17°35'43.5" Sun Semi-Diameter 15'45.5" Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 08.7" Moon Right Ascension 08h50m03.4s Moon Declination +16°28'16.4" Moon Semi-Diameter 15'28.9" Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 0°56'49.3" ΔT 94.3 s
Eclipse season
This eclipse is part of an eclipse season, a period, roughly every six months, when eclipses occur. Only two (or occasionally three) eclipse seasons occur each year, and each season lasts about 35 days and repeats just short of six months (173 days) later; thus two full eclipse seasons always occur each year. Either two or three eclipses happen each eclipse season. In the sequence below, each eclipse is separated by a fortnight. The first and last eclipse in this sequence is separated by one synodic month.
+ Eclipse season of July–August 2065 July 3Descending node (new moon) July 17Ascending node (full moon) August 2Descending node (new moon) Partial solar eclipseSolar Saros 118 Total lunar eclipseLunar Saros 130 Partial solar eclipseSolar Saros 156
Related eclipses Eclipses in 2065 A total lunar eclipse on January 22. A partial solar eclipse on February 5. A partial solar eclipse on July 3. A total lunar eclipse on July 17. A partial solar eclipse on August 2. A partial solar eclipse on December 27.
Metonic Preceded by: Solar eclipse of October 13, 2061 Followed by: Solar eclipse of May 20, 2069
Tzolkinex Preceded by: Solar eclipse of June 21, 2058 Followed by: Solar eclipse of September 12, 2072
Half-Saros Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of July 26, 2056 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of August 7, 2074
Tritos Preceded by: Solar eclipse of September 2, 2054 Followed by: Solar eclipse of July 1, 2076
Solar Saros 156 Preceded by: Solar eclipse of July 22, 2047 Followed by: Solar eclipse of August 13, 2083
Inex Preceded by: Solar eclipse of August 21, 2036 Followed by: Solar eclipse of July 12, 2094
Triad Preceded by: Solar eclipse of October 2, 1978 Followed by: Solar eclipse of June 3, 2152
Solar eclipses of 2062–2065
Saros 156
Metonic series
Tritos series
Inex series
References
External links http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEplot/SEplot2051/SE2065Aug02P.GIF